I’ll remember you at the end of winter’s day
While the Earth thaws her crust to warmer days
When your Lilies show off their first bud
Bringing warm memories of you

I’ll remember you in the time of spring
When the Earth has been turned and seeded once more
Filled with the knowledge, carefully left in my care
Bringing warm memories of you

I’ll remember you on the hot summer days
As fishing lines are caste, being reeled in to an empty hook
While lawns are mowed and weeds pulled, flowers plucked
Bringing warm memories of you

I’ll remember you when leaves fall in the autumn chill
While picking the bounty from the plowed field
I’ll share the gift of your knowledge, as my table is filled
Bringing warm memories of you

I’ll remember you when the winter’s cold will chill my bones
I’ll pull your old flannel shirt from long ago
Wrapping my arms to stay the chill
Bringing warm memories of you, once more

©Tobie Haga Roy

I wrote this in memory of my Dad, he was diagnosed with Cancer on Thanksgiving day in 1985 and later died on Ground Hog day in 1986, his Easter Lilies had come to full bloom that year in late January
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